March-April 2011

Identification and Management of Cardiometabolic Risk in Canada: A Position Paper by the Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group (Executive Summary)

Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group: Executive Committee
• Lawrence A. Leiter,
• David H. Fitchett,
• ...
• Jean-Claude Tardif,
• Sheldon Tobe,
• Ehud Ur

Use of a Treatment Optimization Algorithm Involving Statin-Ezetimibe Combination Aids in Achievement of Guideline-Based Low-Density Lipoprotein Targets in Patients With Dyslipidemia at High Vascular Risk Guideline-Based Undertaking to Improve Dyslipidemia Management in Canada (GUIDANC)

• Pamela M. Katz,
• Aurora A. Mendelsohn,
• Shaun G. Goodman,
• Anatoly Langer,
• Hwee Teoh,
• Lawrence A. Leiter

Statin-Associated Rhabdomyolysis: Is There a Dose-Response Relationship?

• Anne Holbrook,
• Mitchell Wright,
• Melani Sung,
• Christine Ribic,
• Steven Baker

The Relation Between Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques and Ischemic Stroke Is Critically Conditioned by the Role of Arterial Hypertension as an Effect Modifier

• Renato De Vecchis,
• Antonio Ciccarelli,
• Carmelina Ariano,
• ...
• Anna Giasi,
• Armando Pucciarelli,
• Salvatore Cantatrione

Estimating the Benefits of Patient and Physician Adherence to Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines: The MyHealthCheckup Survey

• Steven Grover,
• Louis Coupal,
• Mohammed Kouache,
• Ilka Lowensteyn,
• Sylvie Marchand,
• Norman Campbell

The Effect of the Change in the Framingham Risk Score Calculator Between the 2006 and 2009 Canadian Lipid Guidelines

• David W.J. Armstrong,
• Daniel Brouillard,
• Murray F. Matangi

Chronic Inflammatory Diseases and Cardiovascular Risk: A Systematic Review

• Idan Roifman,
• Paul L. Beck,
• Todd J. Anderson,
• Mark J. Eisenberg,
• Jacques Genest

New Insights Into How the Intestine Can Regulate Lipid Homeostasis and Impact Vascular Disease: Frontiers for New Pharmaceutical Therapies to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk

• Samantha Warnakula,
• Joanne Hsieh,
• Khosrow Adeli,
• M. Mahmood Hussain,
• Patrick Tso,
• Spencer D. Proctor

Systematizing Inpatient Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation 2010: Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Canadian Cardiovascular Society Joint Position Paper

Endorsed by the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario

• Sherry L. Grace,
• Caroline Chessex,
• Heather Arthur,
• ...
• Martin Juneau,
• Paul Oh,
• Neville Suskin

The Relationship Between Need and Capacity for Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Risk-Reduction Programs in Ontario

• Elisa Candido,
• Janice A. Richards,
• Paul Oh,
• ...
• Heather M. Arthur,
• Terry Fair,
• David A. Alter

Economic Evaluation of Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Canada for Patients With Established Cardiovascular Disease: Results From the CHARISMA Trial

• Jersey Chen,
• Chunxue Shi,
• Elizabeth M. Mahoney,
• ...
• Deepak L. Bhatt,
• Eric J. Topol,
• David J. Cohen

The Effect of Comorbidity on the Competing Risk of Sudden and Nonsudden Death in an Ambulatory Heart Failure Population

• Brian Clarke,
• Jonathan Howlett,
• John Sapp,
• Pantelis Andreou,
• Ratika Parkash

Fame Comes at a Cost: A Canadian Analysis of Procedural Costs in Use of Pressure Wire to Guide Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Stephen P. Hoole,
• Michael D. Seddon,
• Rohan S. Poulter,
• G.B. John Mancini,
• David A. Wood,
• Jacqueline Saw

Cardiometabolic Risk in Canada: A Detailed Analysis and Position Paper by the Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group

Cardiometabolic Risk Working Group: Executive Committee
• Lawrence A. Leiter,
• David H. Fitchett,
• ...
• Jean-Claude Tardif,
• Sheldon Tobe,
• Ehud Ur

Roles of Mitochondrial Benzodiazepine Receptor in the Heart

• Sirirat Surinkaew,
• Siriporn Chattipakorn,
• Nipon Chattipakorn

Midterm Outcomes and Quality of Life of Aortic Root Replacement: Mechanical vs Biological Conduits

• Eric J. Lehr,
• Peter Z.T. Wang,
• Antigone Oreopoulos,
• Hussein Kanji,
• Colleen Norris,
• Roderick MacArthur

Trends in Wait Times for Cardiac Revascularization

• Danielle A. Southern,
• Mona Izadneghadar,
• Karin H. Humphries,
• ...
• Merril L. Knudtson,
• Michelle M. Graham,
• William A. Ghali

Improved Wait Times for Coronary Revascularization: Cause to Celebrate Spotting the Iceberg in Time or Time to Look Under the Surface?

• Blair J. O'Neill,
• Christopher S. Simpson

A Novel KCNQ1 Variant (L203P) Associated with Torsades de Pointes–Related Syncope in a Steinert Syndrome Patient

• Dany Patoine,
• Ibrahim Hasibu,
• Sylvie Pilote,
• Jean Champagne,
• Benoit Drolet,
• Chantale Simard

The Other Side of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

• Marc W. Deyell,
• Jason G. Andrade,
• Bruce M. McManus,
• Jonathon Leipsic

Complete Heart Block Associated With Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Due to Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli

• Christopher B. Fordyce,
• Richard A. Leather,
• Eric Partlow,
• Elizabeth A. Swiggum

Ventricular Septal Defect as a Result of Direct Trauma From Mechanical Mitral Valve Prosthesis

• Marian Kotrec,
• Davinder S. Jassal,
• Shelley Zieroth,
• Darren H. Freed,
• James W. Tam

Action Potential Amplitude Alternans and Conduction Block in Human Hearts

• Gopal Sivagangabalan,
• Stéphane Massé,
• Krishnakumar Nair,
• John Asta,
• Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Two Cases of Anomalous Origin of a Right Coronary Artery: Same Anatomy, but Different Physiology

• Kyungil Park,
• Bon-Kwon Koo,
• Il-Young Oh,
• ...
• Ki-Bong Kim,
• Byung-Hee Oh,
• Young-Bae Park

Not All Eggs Are Created Equal: The Effect on Health Depends on the Composition

• Niva Shapira